The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-20 00:00:00

CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR FERDINAND AT AIILAN. MILAN, SEPT. 6.—At daybreak this morning the firing of I 1 1411 pieces of artillery, followed by the pealing of all the bells ' of the churches of Milan, announced that the appointed day for the investing the brows of the Emperor of Austria with the iron croern of Lombardy had at length dawhed. About seven ' o'clock all those who wished to witness the procession with our, or were enabled by having tickets to behold the ceremo nies within, the Cathedral, were hurrying in their best trim and highest expectation towards the Duomo. Though any attempt by words must be inadequate to con vey a just idea of the splendour of this temple, yet the follow irg detail may serve to give some notion of it : In the middle of the principal aisle, was erected a splendid and lofty four-sided crib, at least 50 feet high, supported by four azure-colour( d pillars. Over these pillars rose a Gothic dote like superse ecture, at the four corm rs of which were gigaet:c and gilde I figures of fame, and immediately over the point of the arch which fronted the Imperial throee were gilded figures of angels, in a reclining posture, and suppor:tin'; ,; a large and brilli ant i m i tat i on of the ire( crown. On 'MC cul minating point of the structure wes planted a large gilt cross, several feet above which hung P,,,spended from the roof of the church a crimson and gold r_mbroidered canopy. Under this beautiful and imposing '':rumphal arch, which was hung with ample folds of gold '.nbrnidered velvet, and lighted at its four si.les by mas Are silver lamps, suspended from the centre of the arches, steiod the high altar, upon which were six lofty and I ighlv-wrr tight silver candelabra, and a tabernacle of the same metal still more exquisite workmanship. The front of the alter was of amaranth-coloured velvet, profusely covered with gold embroidery. 'rte lofty pillars of the middle aisle along its whrle extent en both sides were connected by temporary Gothic arches, about 30 feet high, and corresponding in style and architec tural ornaments with the four-sided are'n over the altar. Over these intercoluminary arches, whir`.; were hung with light blue velvet, embroidered and deor...y fringed with gold, were pe destals supporting full-le-egth armed and robed figures (excel lently executed) of the most celebrated warriors and monarchs of the house of A uetria, and behind each of these figures, the whole width of the intercolumniations were ample and grace fully dispoe".ed folds of white and golden fringed tapestry, imi tatieas of the ermined mantles used in heraldry. 'Cu the right of the altar, and about 20 feet from it, was placed the Imperial throne, under a richly sculptured and Vilded pavilion, surmounted by a conical-shaped canopy bi cloth of gold terminated by three circular rows, it sse:;ing as they ascended, cf ostrich feathers, whilst at the frcar corners of the pavilion were large plumes of the same fest i aers. The gilded chair of state or thron e , u n d er t h e was supported by t lions, and le fore it were a kner!;ing-desk and cushion, co vered with cloth of gold. Round the two pillars nearest to and in front of the high star were constructed, about 10 feet from the floor, "‘wo tribunes very richly adorned with gold em broidered. crimson and lie ht bl ue ve l vet h ang i ngs, w i t h a sculp tured art gilded cornice, surmounted by the Austrian eagle and other emblems. Of these tribunes, the one to the right and of the altar was intended for the Empress and Arch duchesses, and that to the left for the Archduke Viceroy and rite other Archdukes. In front of the Empress's tribune, on the opposite side of the cross aisle, were a. number of chairs covered with crimson velvet and laced with gold, intended for the members of the diplomatic body and the ladies. In front of the high altar, but at the distance of 30 or 40 feet from it, was placed another highly-ornamented kneeling-desk, sur mounted by an immense baldaquin of cloth of gold, adorned with large plumes of ostrich feathers. Over all this gorgeous profusion of decoration was thrown a chastened glow of many coloured light by the richly stained windows of the cathedral, which, combined with the blaze of the huge wax tapers along the aisles, and around and upon the altar, and the rainbow tinted rays shed from the Gothic lustres, produced an effect that may be conceived but cannot be described, whilst high above this scene of mundane magnificence were perceived, looking down from their niches, near the groined arch of the sculptured roof, numberless white marble statues of saints and martyrs. A little after 9 o'clock the firing of cannon and the flourish of trumpets and drums annezinced that the Emperor hal quitted the Palace, and was coming in solemn procession to the Cathedral. Soon after the Empress and the Arch duchesses, who had waited to see the procession set out from the balcony of the Palace, entered the church, having come by a subterranedus and vaulted passage that connects the Archbishop's Palace with the Duomo. The Empress was dressed in . white satin, the body a la Marie Stuart, w i t h a train of sil ver brocade and a dazzling tiara or crown and neck and bosom ornaments of diamonds. The Archduchesses were also dressed in white, but wore trains of various colours—blue, ;yellow, cherry-coloured, green, and richly brocaded with gold and silver, and wearing, like the Empress, such a profusion of magnificent diamonds that their presence appeared to cast ad ditional light throughout the church. Below the tribune of the Empress her Majesty's Majors-Domo and chamberlains, in their rich uniforms, her pages shining like diamond beetles, and a number of court grooms and grooms of the chamber, in their georgeous liveries, took their stations. Simultaneous with the entrance of the Empress was also that of the Arch duke Viceroy and the other Archdukes into their tribune, at the opposite side of the aisle. Their Imperial Highnesses wore the white Austrian uniform of the line, and had on the collars, crosses, stars, and broad ribands of various orders of knighthood. A signal being made that the imperial procession was near the church, the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, and the Car. dinal Patriarch of Venice, in their scarlet robes, attended by their suffragans with their episcopal mantles and mitres, and the numerous assistant clergy, almost bending under the weight of their gorgeous vestments, proceeding in proces sion down the aisle, accompanied by a number of incense bearers, to receive the Emperor. Sron after the strains of the national hymn, played by the military bands and silver trumpets of the body guards, announced that his Majesty had entered the Duomo, and in a few minutes he appeared advanc• ing up the middle aisle under a lofty canopy of cloth of gold, the 12 poles of which were supported by as many bearers, and the golden cords, depending from the roof, held by as many of the Imperial Chamberlains. His Majesty was dressed in a richly-embroidered tunic of cloth of gold, and white and gold embroidered silk nether garments arid shoes ; over which was the magnificent crimson velvet, gold embroidered, and ermined coronation mantle, and on his bead the imperial crown. On each side of his Majesty were the two Cardinals, before him the Grand Squire holding the Royal sword unsheathed, and around him were the other dignitaries and great officers of state. After his Majesty had been con d ucte d to the throne, the Cardinal Archbishop proceeded to the high altar, and the celebration of high mass was commenced and continued with all the sacred pomp, antique observances, and imposing cere roo&es so peculiar to th e C at h o li c church .' From the lowering and changeful nature of the day, the splendid pageant was seen under various aspects. At times, when a heavy cloud passed over the sun, the light that entered through the stained window was " taught to counterfeit a gloom," and threw a sombre and religious hue over the pro ceedings ; whilst at other moments, when the sun's rays burst in through the same glorious stained windows, every object was brought out in strung and bright relief, and the whole scene assumed a character of triumphant splendour and magnificence. It was looked upon as an auspicious omen that one of these sun bursts took place just as the 'iron crown had been placed on the head of his Majesty, and When the Heralds exclaimed " Long live the Empernr Ferdinand I. King of Lombardy and Venice," the amionncemcnt was followed by an universal clap ping of hands, shouting of " Vitas," flourishes of drums end trumpets, ringing of bells, and discharge s of musketry and ar tillery. Many parts of the service of the mass were excellently sung by a numerous band of choristers, accompanied alone by the orssan. The male voice which sung the principal part was penieularly remarkable for its rich and mellow intonation. 'Whilst his Majesty knelt on one of the steps of the altar to receive the sacrament, the altar was completely encircled by several rows of largo burning wax tapers, held by the attendant clergy, and by a rumber of the Royal pages, grooms, &c. At the conclusion of msss, his Majesty, wearing the iron crown of Lombardy, the coronation mantle, and having the glebe aod scep.re in his hands, again placed himself under the moveable canopy, and proceeded with the same state as on his entrance flown the middle a;sla, and quitted the church amidst the so• lemn pealing of ,he organ, the strains of the national hymn . played by the miittary bands, and the cheering of the nume rous spectators. Soon after, the Empress, the Archdukes, and Arcbauchesaes, and their several households and suites, left the church throuch the same private. entrance through which they had uttered, gad this long expected end magnifi cent's- organized ceremony was concluded. he ceremonies of the Coronation in the Duomo, which lasted from half -past 9 o'clock till half.past 11, were seared , / tcrteinteed before the crowds who were present at them in the Cathedral, still ussatiated with pomp and splendour, were hurry inn in breathless haste to the palace to !ecure places to see Cie coronation banquet. Bat a great ra j nity of three sp'en dour. hun'crs were sadly disappointed, as a stilt more jai padent croed heal l:een earlisr in the field, aed occupied al most the whole of the places in the gallery that runs round the 11411 f a Caryat.dca, into which st rangers e i t h tickets were admVed. 't'he spit ndi I iI 11 of Vic Caryatides, one of the most meg n'rficent arid largest ratans in any palace in Europe, with its nu ire!olls and gigantic figntas of Caryatidi, fluted and gild e d e. V a and richly ousted-and painted ceiling, 'offered a simi larl gorgecua spectacle, l, ar., but on a much mi nor sca l e to t h at y . exhibited in the D.. 101170 .n the earlier part of the d a y. I t was Cie : with the prim ip al personages, native and f ore i gn , i n a ll of costume, who were assembled pre ti C vsrie in the cherch. I e l;Lilde a splendid Impel isl canopy w i re rously rrm-ch:tira of tire Emperor and plaerel the Oiled roves ()r e cross tsbly, and two other tables Ein r r. as' elute " " currOUndtd by gilded and criroson sti etching froin it ; th to 11 e ether mien'kers of the he velvet ; cot rid arm h a ' s , f• ..1 (ill ipal chaplains of the b'ea but at Feria] family, rani ; he Around these ia . two tet ‘ retn- s Crown), to the iamb( r of lb. ) the rna!tnficently dothed several l'a?es (Lgtant ' 'l r ma ni.mber of the noble Ilungari .n .dy Guarda, Lombardo Venetian Body Guards, n. formed from the tables t o A double line of the laver ors also form rid Majesties ar“. a" •:th their swords drawn. which their repe the eatranee of the hall through passed on their and the other members of the Imperial fami ly ) talace struck the ba , qu, t, reciae'y as the clock c t t %s ay to aniCd by a on e. Ti eir ento n was aanoun ed and area ~p the Body ti hen. leant martdo el hy the silvei - tron - p f true - pits cheering of Cum is, and lee el by the clapi.ing of hands an all those preent. previo„ni to their ,Isjesti ee ' en t rance a long train of eliamberlaine and r ages brought in s e v e r a l di s hes, appa re ntly' of sweet meats tied coaserves Of v ar i ous kiods, which they N s t- lk l iiag upon t tre ble, which Res ered with a splendid o i i.z d h • ,stefel urnement s . - O a t h e i r M e j est i es -w4ll rtmheer i' e hers of the Iseper'al family taking their f si:-*cts accompuicd by instrutueotal perform f•C''Aq‘ • P r .1,(--1014g4,44 , t • • X ors, who were placed in the gallery opposite the Imperial cmopy, began chatting tri'uftphant end eulogetic eantatai, which ffintintied h* dearly t quarter of an hat*, wh thZ train or chamberlairo! N gages, and a persoh *n' red bearing a great numl)t , .l', of exquisitely-w , y:ted. gold covered dishes, which ttey set in orctor the table. What the'..t ttislies contained, or if thiey i2ontained anything. it t'vls impossible to say, for ea far as I could perceive, and I had a very Road ew them, not a single cover was removed, nor was there the slightest appearance of an attempt It to partake of anything on the table by the Imperial contities., or tlit tYvo Cardinals, who sat at the lower ends of the tables. Their Majesties, on coming to the table, r ema i ne d standing in front of their chairs until they had washed their lands, for which purpose golden basins and water were brought by the pages, when the Grand Cupbearer poured tiater on the hands of his Majesty, at the sam•.: time the same serviOe t a t formed towards tba:, Empress by her Majaitv'a r ".amberfain. A napkin w":,, presented to the I; :ttitillr3r by the Grand Major domo bi the Lombardo.Vtnat'ian kingdom, and to the Etn -I:".ess by her own Mall`-dorno. This ceremony being concluded, the First Chaplain of the Crown, the Cardinal Archbishop, advanced, made a profound bow, and, aided by the Master of the Ceremonies, said grace, after which, he again bowed leer to the Emperor, and re turned to his place at the table. Then, amidst a flourish of trumpets and drums, their Majesties, the Imperial Family, and the two Chaplains orthe Crown seated themselves at the table, and at the same tithe the chairs or the Majors-donitt were advanced beat to t h e sea t s o f t h e I m p er i a l Family, in order that they might be readY to offer their services, each to that member of the Imperial Family to thitoin he waq at-- soon as his Majtat). tr s seated, the Grand Lom bardo-Venetian Chak4tetlitin took the iron crown from off the head of hit Majesty and laid it on a cushion held by a page, and i s roni which he soon after took it and deposited on the table upon nhich were the other Royal ornaments, and near to which he remained standing during the remainder of the banquet. Behind his Majesty stood the grand Major domo, holding his staff of office, and near him the Grand Esquire. The Grand Lombardo-Venetian Seneschal, and the Cupbearer were stationed at the lower end of the table, with their faces turned towards his Majesty. The four grand officers of court stood on the right of his Majesty, and the captain of his Majesty's body guard, and his adjutant-general, stood behind his chair. The removing of the dishes and other duties of the table were performed by the Royal Chamber lain., assisted by the pages. On his Majesty's expressing a desire to drink, the Lom bardo-Venetian Major-domo made a sign to the Grand Lom bardo- Venetian Cupbearer, and immediately two pages ad vanced, one bearing two golden ewers, containing the one wine, the other water, and the second page holding a cup, in which the Grand Cupbearer mixed a drink for his Majesty, and presented it to him with a profound bow. Whilst his Majesty was drinking, the two Chamberlains of the Crown remained standing, and did not resume their seats until the Emperor had returned the cup to the Grand Cupbearer. His Majesty soon after deigned to drink to the health of his subjects, which ceremony was accompanied by a flourish of drums and trumpets, and the firing of artillery. The dessert was then brought into the hall by the Royal Squirm and placed on the table by the Imperial and Royal Chamberlains. As the banquet drew near its close, the Imperial and Royal Grand Master of the Kitchen intimated, by a sign to the two Chaplains of the Crown, that his Majesty wished to rise from the table, whereupon they both stood up and re mained standing before their chairs. Their Majesties then washed their hands with the same ce remonies as before dinner, with only this difference, that the napkin on the present occasion was presented to his Majesty the Emperer by the Grand Lombardo- Venetian Squire. The Grand Chamberlain then took from the table the iron crown, and replaced it on the head of the Emperor, who, to gether with the rest of the Imperial family, rose up from table, and the Second Grand Chaplain of the Crown, the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice, tame forward, made a low bow, and, aided by the Master of the Ceremonies, pronounced the thanks giving, and then retired to his place. The grand dignitaries then took up from the table upon which they had been laid the insignia of the crown, and the cortege quitted the hall, amidst a flourish of trumpets and drums, and in the same order that it had entered it. Emperor and Fsnpress, and of about 1000 troops dawn up on th+L• "bare ih front of it, was commented ha 160 i, under the mame of " the Arch of tha This Wals:!a4'.:l 7,l.rnetuf•e ; entirely of white Ittorbie, dnd in tba C'ar't tih an style, is pieretd with tlora one large. It 'acat , !ra it area of 1 -. ) feet by 43 feat. Fettr columea, taen cf a single bloCk, .Standint art Otlistal:4l "sort the basis, on which ale rev!kinlllg Eblossal figures of rivers ; two 'en each front of the inoniittient. The spates between the!sefigUresand over thb middle arch afe Oatipled by In scriptions. On thb. 'attic Are tttali, drawn by sit lidrsts abrest-, and stands a figure Of Peace; about twelta feet high. Other figures of victories, itionnte4 oh horses, are placed at the four cornet's Ot ► platform, holding palms and crowns hi their of which are cast in bronze. relievos, medallions, allegorical figures, statues, and other ornaments, decorating the arch, are forty in number. On the side facing the city are two colossal figures of the rivers Ticino and l'o ; to the right of the specotor, basso relievos representing the passage of the Rhine by the allied armies in 1813; the foundation of the L o mbardo-Venetian kingdom, and the occupation of Lyons, the goddess Imaaina t:on, the victory of Apollo over the serpent Pitho and nerva ; under the great arch basso-relievos of the Congress of Prague, and of the meeting of the three allied Sovereigns ; over the arch are two victories; to the left of the spectator basso-relievos of the battle of Culrc, the entry of Francis I. into Milan on the 31st of December, 1825, and the capitula tion of Dresden ; figures of Astronomy, Mars, and Hercules, and a basso-relievo of the battle of Dresden. On the side facing the country are colossal figures of the rivers Tagliameoto and Adige ; on the right of the spectators basso-relievos representing the entry of the three allied So vereigns into Paris, the peace of Parrs, and the occupation of that capital ; figures of Pomona, Abundance, and Poetry over the principal arch, two figures of Fame, and another with the iron crown on its head representing the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; basso-relievos exhibiting the institution of the order of the iro:t crown, the Congress of Vienna, and the entry of General Nciperg into Milan on the 18th of April, 1814 ; figures of Ceres, History, and Vigilance, and finally the battle of Arcis-sur- Aube. This monument, entirely of white marble, here and there veined with a light tinge of slate colour, is remarkable for its fine proportions and the execution of its sculptural ornaments. The figures of the rivers are, perhaps, too colossal and too pro minent, but on the whole it is one of the noblest structures of the kind erected in modern times. SEPTEMBER 8. —Last night being the time appointed for the concert at Court, to which none were invited but those nobles admitted to the private honours of the palace, to be en titled to which they must be able to show and prove a certain number of quarterings in their coats of arms, the magnificent Hall of the Caryatides was lighted up with upwards of 2,000 wax tapers, and with its numerous finely modelled caryatides, graceful statues, fluted and gilded pillars, splendid sweep of curved and arabesqued gallery running along the four sides of the room, and its brilliant assemblage of kingly, noble, and remarkable personages, offered an interesting and imposing spectacle. At one end of the hall, and raised two or three feet from the floor, was an enclosed orchestra, containing about 100 instrumental and vocal performers, one half of the latter being females. Most of these performers were either eleves or members of the Royal Academy of Music. As the clock struck seven the folding doors at the further extremity of the hall were thrown open, and the Emperor and Empress, followed by all, the other members of the Imperial Family, entered and advanced through a double line of Hun garian and Italian Body Guards, with their swords drawn, and took their seats in front of the orchestra. The concert was Immediately begun, and the performances alternated between instrumental music and singing for the space of an hour without exhibiting anything very striking, with the ex ception of Donaelli's fine voice, and some tolerably excellent violoncello playing by a M. Mazinghi. At the conclusion of the first part of the concert the Impe rial party rose and advanced into the open space between their seats and the orchestra, %here they were joined by Prince Metternich and some other of the great officers of state. After a short interval the Empress walked over to where the Foreign Ambassadors were stationed, and conversed successively in a lively and affable manner with Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, Sir F. Lamb, the English, and M. Tatischeff, the Russian. Her Majesty then proceeded to the seats behind the royal chairs, and spoke to the Pope's Nuncio, and to several ladies and noblemen. She is said to be sincerely pious, and to abstain scrupulously from meddling in political matters. Prince :Metternich appeared to be the pivot upon which all turned. The group which he approached seemed to call up all its powers of attention to catch the observations which fell from him. His manner is courtly and marked with self-possession, but with, probably a little too much preciseness. His favourite gesture, when talking, appeared to be the raising of the fore finger of the right hand, and when, in a conversation with one of the Archdukes, he seemed desirous of convincing or per .suading, he laid this ever-active forefinger on the breast of his Serene Highness. The Imperial Family were seated in the following order : On the right of the Emperor was Maria Louisa; next the Archduke Francis Charles (heir presumptive), near him the Vice-Queen, and next to her two young and unmarried Princesses. These latter were dressed plainly in white with out jewellery and wearing only white roses in their hair. To the left of the Empress sat the Princess of Lucca, a very comely and good-natured looking Princess; next to her was the Duchess of Modena, and beyond her two other youthful Princesses dressed simply, like those on the other side. On the second row of arm-chairs were the Archduke and Viceroy Ranier, the other Archdukes, and the Duke of Modena and his brother Prince Ferdinand. Maria Louisa, who has fallen away very much in flesh, and has got a sallow complexion and a care-worn look, was lite rally a blaze of diamonds from the waist upwards. a l a , g t a h i the rose. At t h i e n c t o b t e i r l u ,s s , i a o y n t o o f t t h h e e d c o o o n r c s e , r a t n t d h e o [ n q r. u p Imperialg tthe Family h Emperor and Empress were loudly cheered. SErr. 9, 7 A . —His Majesty, it appears, has been so satis fied, as well he may, with his decree published on the 6th inst., relative to those - of his subjects who are in imprisonment, exile, or under police restriction for political crimes, and has also been convinced by the more universal and enthusiastic sign of respect shown by the people to him since the promulgation of that decree, that the wi,e and humane measure would be productive only of good. Ile has, I repeat, been so convinced of this, that yesterday evening the prescribed programme of the Imperial proceedings wrs broken through, and his Majesty and his broth er and presumptive heir, the Archduke Francis Ch irks, appeared in a plain carriage drawn by two horses, and, without any guard or escort, traversed the whole length of the Corso amidst a continued clapping of bands, shouting of rims, and other marks of the popular feeling. I have beard it computed, that besides the beneficent effects of this decree with regard to the numerous persons expatriated awl those in prison, upwards of 2,000 individuals in Milan and other neighbouring towns will have ceased from the tears, annoyance, and restrictions of police surveillance. SEer. Io.—The grand ball given by the chief magistrates and imperial Majesties , e o , f t is thee took municipality of Milan, in honour of their Before th e i r Illajesties'peian e tr e an la c s e t n n o ig n i e )t o a f t t t h h e e s S pe a c l t a A T er h s e % a v l c r s were admitted On the stage, and cansequontly in the pit, which was packed so close as to render all locomotion impossible, the heat and pressure were intolerable. As no gentlemen, unless these in military or official costume, were admitted to the bill without a short w hi te sat i n cloak with a red or blue cape and gold cordon and tassels, this compact mass of silk-bedizened cavaliers looked like angimmense tulip•bed. The boxes from the lowest tier to the highest were filled with ladi, s in full dress, and many sparkling with diamonds and other precious stones. Amongst them were specimens of female beauty from every co un t ry i n E urope. About ten o'clock the Emperor and Empress, and other members of the Imperial family, and their muite, entered the theatre. Soon aft.'r, the drey-scene at the back of the stage was (Lawn up, and displayed an illuu,inat,d pa'scc, c u rounded group* of dancers, who came forward and performed a shori ballet, the principal feature of w hich was au intrieate shawl dance. At the conclusion of the ballet, a gigantic and brilliantly illuminated semblance of the imperial and r n crotans, the Emperor's initi tic, &c.. rose up from the boards of the stage, which was the sijnal for another universal cheer log, which their Majesties acknowledged by ri,ieg up and boning repeatedly to all harts of the house. The dancers :hen disappeared, the drop. scene was let down, and the stage converted Into a hall-room, which proved a most requisite and seasonable relief to th e f a i nt i ng crowd in the pit, who imme diately ru•h-d up the st a i rs , an d spread themselves oanr the stare and visited in eager and quirk succession the beautfets cot ered with ices and other refreshments in the side scenes. After remaining a short tine seated, their Majesties rose, and after bowing repeatedly, retired from th e b r i l li ant scene amidst the loud and long-continued acclamations of those present. There could not have been present at this splendid ball, or, more properly speaking. rout, as tli7"t—e was no danci ng (un less in the ballet) , at lea st, u p to twelve o'clock, less than 6,000 persons. The triumphal arch, inaugurated to-day in presence of the This being the day fixed for the inauguration of the Arco della Pace, as it is now called, the infantry appointed to assist at the ceremony took possession at an early hour of the - Piazza d'Armi ; the cavalry were placed along the avenue of the Simplon. This piazza, which is nearly a mile square, is Lounded on the city side by an immense barrack, enelo3ing an old chateau. On the two towers arc pointed pieces of artil lery, whose direction clearly shows that they are intended as a menace against the Milanese. The interior is besides well stored with cannon, and the barrack is sufficiently capacious to lodge a garrison of 5,000 men. To the right of the bar rack stands the ampitheatre or arena, where, since 1807, the people assemble on great festivals, to witness car and horse racing, gymnastic games, and naumachias, it being practicable to lay the whole under water in a very short space of time. The spectators occupy turf seats, which rise one above the other, and the terrace, on the upper part, is planted with lofty trees. This ampitheatre could accommodate between 30,000 and 35,000 persons. The battalions of infantry were drawn up on three sides of this square, the Grenadiers in front of the triumphal arch, the Chasseurs lining the side of the Palace, and the Tyrolese Sharpshooters before the barrack, the side of the arena being left without troops. At the extremity of each line were sta tioned half a battery of foot artillery. At nine o'clock the Emperor and Empress arrived on the field in a coach and six, and were saluted by the whole of the troops under arms, the bands of the regiments playing the national hymn. Their Majesties then alighted ; the Emperor mounted a white horse, and, accompanied by the Viceroy, the Archdukes, and a staff of nearly three hundred officers, passed along the three lines of infantry. The Empress followed immediately after, in a caleche drawn by two white horses, and escorted by detach ments of the Hungarian and Milanese Guards. Next came the Archduchess Maria Louisa, the Vice-Queen, the Ladies of Honour, the Officers of the Household, and the Imperial Guests, in fifteen other caleches. After traversing the lines, the cortege proceeded to take its station in front of the tri umphal arch. At the gate, opening in the centre of the railing, which connects the two barriers on each side of the arch, stood Count Emig, the Governor of Lombardy, who walked up to his Majesty and presented to him Signor Carlo Londonio, the President of the Academy of Fine Arts, and the Director of the works of the Ai co della Pace, as well as tha rest of the artists now living who participated in the erection and embel lishment of the monument. The Emperor afterwards rode past the two regiments of Hussars of the King of Sardinia, and Prince Reuss Kostrits, which were drawn up in the avenue of the Simplon, and during his absence General Zichy, who commanded the manoeuvres, ordered the three lines of infantry to form ito squares. This movement being executed, the battalions made a general move forward towards the centre of the piazza, so that when the Emperor returned to the field, all the troops were on the march for their respective stations. In the evening there was to be a grand exhibition in the arena, horse-racing a ringlese, horsemanship, performed by two rival companies, gymnastics, rope-dancing, a repetition of the barbarous exhibition of the mats de Cocagne of the 6th, and grand fireworks; but at four o'clock, just as the gates of the arena were being thrown open, and the people had assembled in large numbers to enjoy the sport, a storm of thunder, hail, and rain, suddenly came on, when there was a general sauce qui peut into town, and the feast, which was to have been honoured with the presences of their Majesties, was postponed to the 13th. The continued inclemency of the weather has prevented the Emperor from visiting, as it was his intention, yesterday, the exhibition of the products of the useful arts and manufactures of his Lombardo- Venetian kingdom. This exhibition, as far as I could form a judgment from the part I saw, for some three or four of the rooms are still unopened to the public, is not very remarkable, and only shows that the Italian manufacturers have still immense studies to make before they can tread upon the heels of their neighbours the French. The specimens of woollen cloths and damasked, flowered, and embroidered silks were most evidently inferior to the productions of the French looms of Sedan, Louviers, and Lyons. However, has been made, the spirit of industry is roused, and its eff orts, it is said, are likely to meet, h e n c eforward, with the counte nance and encouragement of Government. a beginning A grand ball was given last night by the Government of Lombardy, at which were present the Emperor, Empress, and Imperial Family, their Court, and the elite of all the native, and foreign nobility at present in Milan. I subjoin a list of the English fashionables : The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Hert ford, the Earl of Beverley and two Ladies Percy, Lord Claude Hamilton, Lord Burghersh, Lord and Lady Bingham, Lord Alvanley, Mr. and Lady Harriett Drummond, Countess of Kilmore, Lord G. Stuart, Lord and Lady Galway, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, the Hon. F. Leveson Gower, the Hon. Bertie Percy and Lady, Sir Edward Dering, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Darner, Sir Henry Mildmay, and Sir John Guest. The Milanese give the Emperor the entire credit of the amnesty. At a council held on the night previous to its pro mulgation, some attempts, it appears, were made to introduce exceptions into it, so as to prevent the amnestied of Milan to leave the city without leave, or those from the country to enter it without a special permission; but the Emperor peremptorily expressed his wish that the pardon he granted should be full and complete, and would listen to no classifications or restric tions. Ile had come to Milan prepossessed against the people of Lombardy, and the latter, on their part, had had no very favourable opinion of their Sovereign ; but now that they have seen each other, their mutual prejudices had vanished, and made way for better feelings. Indeed, the Emperor is so de lighted with evt.rythin; he has seen, that he has promised to pay frequent visits to his Italian provinces. Those who, in England and France, assert that the fine arts not obly are on th e decline but exist no longer in Italy, stiould Visit t h e ex hibi t i on o f t h e wor k s of living artists which op ene d yesterday. They would return with a very different impression. The Espozione contains 547 different works, every one of which would figure with advantage in the salons of either London or Paris. It is particularly rich in portraits, some of which have great merit, those particularly of Prince Metternich. of the Emperor, of Court Wallmo den, and of Madams Say ffeneld, by Moltini, besides, a 111.1111• slk t oi e insc . eth 00 :I, ' F cm h ao c ermi r ry e ,p:yo a s r ti c v ,Eed e u r et a rsoo l i gp s ane p c : ci e nau n nas t d l ci inhdetoohol the h s su. t e o r pieces , i r n i Er c gr a n,h l gaelrieshmn oo:, public ul h ic i inferioreiry ttistriking,hno her of others, not less remarkable, but too long to rnumc which perhaps have the names of artists a t a l ent, never barn bef ,re them, are, the expulsion of Hello dorus from the Temple, by Sabatelli; St. Mary of Gi rolarno carried into Heaven by angels, by Podesti ; N a _ p o i,am haranguing his troops after their landing in Eg ypt, . by Valt rrta ; Ann of 13 ritanny, mother of Charles VII I , ducting troops ac , oss the Alps to her husband in Italy, Count Cesare ; the fl igellation of Christ, by Sal a; the Em gross Maria Theresa presenting Joseph 11. to the Hunga rians, by Flay er ; Joan 1., Queen of Naples, accused by the Ilungarians of having murdered her husband, Andrew of Hun gary, by the same ; Pope Pius VII. carried across the Alps, on his way to Paris, by Sogni, &c. There are, besides, se veral exquisite landscapes, views taken in the Alps, of Venice, Main, &c., and some beautiful miniatures, which cannot be too mud) extolled. The exhibition cf sculpture, is superior, perhaps, to that of painlings , and contains a number of first 'we works. There are also some hindsome architectural drawins, and amongst others the plan of a grand monument which Italy intends erecting to Christopher Columbus at the mouth of one of the harbours of the Mediterranean, to serve as a guide to navigators. The works of the pupils of the Aca demy of Fine Arts of Milan, which are also exhibited, indi c Ate that the rising generation of artists will follow with honour the footsteps of their prcdemsors.— Times. TUE SUN, LONDON, frnitT4SDAV, SEPTEMBER 20, THE IRON CROWN AT MILAN. The it , n crown, or r idler the golden one, set with dia mon,ls, eirieraltlQ, ruh'e3, and of great brilliancy and large size, in which it i 3 enclosed, ii of a cylindrical shape, or flat sided hoop form. It is fixed upon a lower crown or circle of gold, still more richly adorned with various colou re d j ewe l s, and surmounted by bows or ribs of gold ornamented with pre &wig stones, and terminated by a little globe and cross. The ceremony of inve,ting with the iron crown was common' to the king: of Lombardy and Italy and the Frene'l and Ger m-in emperors. Of these last Charles V. Wiz% the last chose brows were encircled with the iron diadem. Front that epoch until Napoleon's coronation in Milan, the regal relic lay' in undisaithed repose in the church of Monza. in 1814, Francis 1., on assuming. the sovereignty of the Lombardo- Ve hettati iss.tied. a tiectoe that all his s4ceessors should Le. crdwned in the buorno of Milan with the iron crown of timbal dy: The most popularly received—or at least most gehetal4 Welited tradition Concerning the crown. is the fol ttbir i=rl'he Empress Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, &Ding het stay at Jerusalem, whither she went to Visit the places aattetitled by our Saviour's life and death, was fortunate enough to discover and get possession of the cross upbn which he suffered, and of some of the nails with which his §aered liandg and feet had beets afflsed to the cross. One of these she bad fashioned into the bit of a horse's bridle, and the other made into a small diadem, and she sent both to her son Constantine as the most powerful securities lie could hate against accident and the dangers of the battle field. Censtartz tine received with gratitude and reverence these precious gifts, and never after went on a journey or into battle without them. After the death of Constantine this sacred nail made into a diadem was looked upon with so much veaeraton that it was considered a profanation to place it again on mortal brows, and it was therefore enclosed in a circle of gold, adorned with precious stones, and deposited amongst the votive crowns in the church of Constantinople. This sacred circlet, of which St. Ambrose made mention in the year 395 in the funeral oration of the Emperor Theodosius, delivered before Hono rius, was nevertheless destined to become again the emblem of regal power in Lombardy. St. Gregory, before ascendine . the Pontifical throne, had visited Constantinople as apostolic legate, and on coming away received from the Emperor Con stantine Tiberius Augustus several valuable presents and relics, amongst which latter was the little votive crown in which was enclosed the sacred nail. For some time after St. Gre gory became Pope, he was grievously afflicted by the sangui nary wars carried on by the Lombards, and felt sincerely grateful to Queen Teodolinda, by whose influence over her husband, Agilulfo, a peace was brought about. The Pope, on this oc casion, wrote letters to her in which he called her his well beloved daughter ; with these he sent some dialogues of his own composition, several sacred and golden vessels embossed with precious stones, and a number of relics, amongst which was the Constantinian diadem. On receiving these precious gifts, Teodolinda commenced erecting at Monza a palace and a church, dedicated to St. John, and when completed the Pontifical prevents were de posited in the latter. This donative or depository of these sacred gifts in the church is commemorated in a sculptured basso relieve over the principal portal. The Canon Bellani, who had an opportunity of closely ex amining the crown, states the thin lamina of iron of which it is made appears to have been but very rudely beaten out with the hammer, the marks of which it still bears, and never to have been subjected to the action of the file. Amidst the general war waged against relics in the first half of the last century, the twenty seven nails of the cross, then held in such veneration in various parts of Europe, did not escape suspicion, and the nail inclosed in the crown of Monza came in for its share of distrust. Fontanini and Muratori engaged in the discussion of its authenticity with great warmth and considerable erudition, and the que.tion at length assumed so serious a character that the good people of Monza appealed to the Pope to set, by his Pontifical decision the matter at rest. Prospero Lambertini, the then Pope, examined all the docu ments and pleadings for and against the iron crown that had been transmitted to the Holy See, drew up a report there upon, and sent it to the Sacred Congregation de Riti, and on receiving their opinion, issued a decree, dated Rome, 10th of August, 1717, in favour of the authenticity of the sacred nail in the iron crown, and authorising the clergy of the Church of Monza to exhibit the iron crown upon the altar, amongst ether relics, to the veneration of the faith ful.—Times. Bell's Life in London of Sunday, September 23d, will contain the most correct particulars of the Doncaster Races, with a portrait of the winner of the St. Leger. The publication of the country edition of Bell's Life in London will in future commence on Saturday noon, at twelve o'clock, by which arrangement the papers can be forwarded by the two o'clock trains, and delivered in Birmingham the same evening. Bell's Life in London of Sunday last, September 16, with the engraving of the splendid Doncaster Cup, may yet be had at the office, No. 170, Strand. The price of Bell's Life in London is only Fivepence, and is now the largest folio Journal printed in London. SUICIDE AT ILFOltD.—Last week a shocking, occurrence took place at Ilford, which caused a painful sensa tion amongst the respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Mr. Annandale, a gentleman of independent property, had been, for a few weeks past in a state of mind which excited the fears of his family; and Mrs. A., apprehensive that he might attempt suicide, took away his pistols. On missing them he remonstrated with her, observing that it was nonsense to act so, for if he wished to destroy himself there were plenty of knives and pieces of cord about the house. Mrs. A. after a time gave him back the pistols, and the instant he obtained them, he snapped them both at her, but fortunately she had taken the precaution to draw the charges. Last week he again obtained the means of loading the pistols, and shot himself in his own room, the charge passing through his heart and killing hint instantly.—An inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of " insanity" returned. The deceased's father, a man of property died some time ago without leaving him a shilling, which it is supposed affected his mind.—Essex Herald. A HEARTLESS SCOUNDREL.—OR Tuesday morning a villainous deception was practised on a confiding fair one at Cheltenham, by the man on whom she was willing to bestow both her hand and heart. Not content with these gifts, the scoundrel persuaded his intended to let him take charge of her watch and some other valuables ; and, just be fore the hour fixed for the marriage ceremony, begged the loan of her mother's ring, that be might get one of the same size for his bride. It was agreed that he should purchase this himself, and bring it to the church, where the party would wait his coming. A considerable time having been wasted in fruitless expectation of his arrival, it was at length discovered that the fellow had decamped, leaving his hapless bride elect, her heart and hand, but taking as substitutes the property entrusted to his keeping. It has since been found out that the scamp is a married man.—Bristol Mirror. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Marlbo rough Head, Shadwell, on the body of an Irish cabman, named Sullivan, aged 45. From the evidence it appeared that on the preceding evening the deceased, as was his usual custom, went into a cook's shop. in the Back-road, Shadwell, to have his supper, and called for a plate of boiled beef, pota toes, and cabbage. While in the act of enjoying this fare he was suddenly seized with a sort of fit or spasm, and left the room. On getting outside the door he became sick, and in a few minutes dropped down in a state of insensibility. He died immediately afterwards. Mr. Ross, the medical gentle man, to whose shop he was carried, gave it as his opinion that he died of apoplexy. Mr. Ross, at the request of the Coroner and jury, proceeded to examine the remains, and in a short time afterwards returned to the inquest-room with two large gristly pieces of boiled beef, which he found perfectly fixed in the trachea, and were evidently the caUse of the death of the deceased. The two pieces of beef produced were, in wit ness's opinion, three ounces weight, and sufficient to have caused death by suffocation. The Jury returned a verdict agreeably to the opinion of the last witness. A circumstance of great profligacy has just taken place in this town, which excites much disgust. A fellow, calling himself a "truly religious character," who occasion ally holds forth in one of the chapels, has eloped with a young lady of very tender age and weak mind. After remaining with his victim for ten days, he wrote a letter to her protec tress, saying he had abandoned his intention of going to Ame rica with the child, and was ready to restore her, unsullied, to the arms of her family. He calls on the lady as a " professing Christian" to believe him. On Saturday the scoundrel had the audacity to come back to Brighton, and so adroitly worked upon the feelings of the old lady as to induce her to believe the tale, which he has also palmed upon several others, whom be terms " Christian friends." This man has a wife and family, whom he deserted. We cannot tell what opinion the " professing Christians" may have of such a fellow, but we can safely affirm that no practical Christian would tolerate so base a hypocrite.—Brighton Guardian. THE NEW SPANISH PREMIER.—The Duke of Fries possesses few, if any, statesmanlike qualities, and has never distinguished himself either as an Ambassador abroad or a Legislator at home. His Excellency has consecrated the best ' part of his days, and he is now fifty years of age, to the study oF poetry, and some of his productions pass mediocrity. Be sides all this, the Duke of Frias is about as absent a man as any in existence, and a very amusing collection might be formed of the many ludicrous scenes to which this defect has given rise. When he was Spanish Ambassador at Paris he received some important despatches from the Government, and was instructed to demand an audience of the French King and make some proposals which, it was supposed, would induce that Monarch to support more effectually the cause of dth proceeded T T h e e ilei D r u e k s. e at T o h n e ce e o u r d d i e e r e e e d e hi l s e c s a te r d riag fe e r , ae n early an hour , and he returned to the embass y a pp ar e n tly ue ryeoeuetnsdgedQen to the re collected that he had not opened his l i p s to Louis Phillippe delighted uith his interview, and it was only at dinner that he on the e ) nings a t a coif, e- house in the Calle do Principe, subject of his despatches. When the Duke was simply a the kingdom he was in the habit of passing a part o w hich was then frequented by severa l y oun g as p irant s fur poe ticalevenings rime. One night he was observed to rise suddenly from his chair, and enter into the following dialogue with one of the waiters :—Duke—" Do you know me ?" Waiter—" y es , your Excellency." " Who, then, am I?" asked the Duke. The Duke of Fries," replied the other. " Well then," said the Duke, "go to my house and ascertain whether I left it in my carriage ; if so, look out fur it, and tell the coachman to come here ; if not. bid the porter to have it sent for me at once." What follows is still more amusing: --When he was at Par;s. he and his daughter were invited to a grand ball at t h e palace. After sauntering about the rooms fur an hour or so, the Duke got tired and went home. The ball over, the Queen was told that there was !t young person alone, in one of the saloons, looking very unhappy. Her Majesty went to see who it could be, and to her surprise found it was the Duke of Fries's daughter, Bernardina. whom her father had totally forgotten since he returned to the embassy, and retired quietly to bed. One of the ladies in waiting, and an aide-de camp, were ordered to accompeny the Senorita home in one ef the King's car, iages. pn Monday t the Greenwich Petty Sessions, a Greenwich pens', ner, of the name of John Colison, was brought before the Seting Magistrates, A. You ng , Esq , and Colonel Forman, charged on suspicion of murdering his wife, Mary Colison. an elderly female, between 60 and 70 years of age. The case created the great es t exc i tement in the town of Greenwich, and the Justice-room was densely crowded. As t h e prisoner was remanded till a further investigation, it will be as well to refrain from publishing the facts of the occurrence, which arc contradictory, till a - future period. The accused biarS-i4 most excellent character in Greenwich Hospital. 85g. CRIIIJNAL CO URT-WEDN ESDA Y . OLD 60 Joseph Groves, twenty-three }ears of dgti, Wiis indicted for feloniously wounding Thomas Allen, with intent to du him some grievous bodily harm. From the statement of the prosecutor, who is the landlord of the Bridge Tavern, Vauxhall, it appeared that the pri soner is a waterman, and he threatened to " mark" the prose cutor in consequence of the latter expelling him his house. Accordingly, on the night of the 26th of August, the prisoner drove up in a cab to the house of the prosecutor, and endea voured to enter it, and bring in along with him two femal, s. The prosecutor refused to allow them to enter, when the pri soner strUcii him with a short piece of wood, shod with iron, On the head, and wounded him dangerously. The police was called, kind the pris-ner was taken into custody. The prisoner was found Guiltt, and sentnced to six months' imprisonment an .I hard labour in the Stifroy gaol. Eliza Burr, aged se,ei:teen, wts found Guilty of break ing and entering the liquse of her late master, James Alex ander Mathews, and stealing tlicreout several articles of wearing apparel. NEW COURT. Ann Hodgson was indicted for stealing a pair of shoes from Edward Erasmus Ilinde, a child under three years of age. Sarah Ann Hindc, seven years of age, on the day in question was walking along the Curtain-road with her infant brother, when the prisoner accosted her by asking his name, and then, after carrying the babe, she asked witness to fetch her some flour, and she (prisoner) would take care of the child the while, and reward her on her return. When witness returned she found her little brother bad been abandoned by the pri soner, who had decamped with his shoes. The witness was confirmed by the mother of the children. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The COMMON SERJEANT said it appeared (referng to his " black book") that the prisoner had been imprisoned for something before, and, as there were two other charges simi lar to the last, he would put her upon her trial on one of them. The circumstances of the case were that the prisoner had stripped a child of the name of Hunt, almost to a state of nudity, and, as in the last, case, while the little girl who had the charge of it was sent by her on some trifling errand.— Verdict, Guilty. The CownoN SERJEANT should not try the prisoner on the third indictment. The judgment of the Court was that she. be transported beyond the seas for ten years, THE THIMBLE RlO. —Charles Williams, an itinerant horse dealer, was indicted for stealing four half-crowns and five shil lings, the property of Ludwig Dombrowski, a native of Poland. At the late Uxbridge Fair, the prisoner was at the General Elliott public-house, at Denham, a village hard by, in the county of Bucks. The prisoner and several of his " pals" were there, and thimbles were handed about, yet it did not appeal that any game was actually commenced. The party, however, contrived to cajole the prosecutor out of 15s. The defence was that the money was only " borrowed." The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to one year's hard labour in the Home of Correction. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT. 19. John Voller, a tall powerful man, was indicted for assault ing William Mason, a serjeant of the G division of police, during the progress of Bartholomew Fair. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sen tenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. William Heath was indicted for stealing a watch, value 3/., the property of Henry Watts. The Jury returned a verdict of--Not Guilty. The CHAIRMAN, in the course of the trial, remarked that the fair in Hyde Park had caused a great many persons to be brought to that Sessions for trial. One hundred and nine persons were discharged by procla mation, and the Sessions then terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A carpenter named Stephen Bird was yesterday brought up in the custody of an officer of the Strand union, charged with having four different times deserted his wife and child, whereby they became chargeable to the parish of St. Clement Danes. In answer to the charge the defendant pleaded poverty, and promised in future to do everything in his power to support his family without troubling the parish. Mr. MINSIJULL ordered the warrant to stand over for a month, and the defendant to be brought up again in case he failed to perform his engagement.—He was then discharged. Wm. Jones, Win. Emery, and James Woods, constant fre quenters of Covent-garden-market, were brought up by Blosset, a constable of the market, charged with having picked the pocket of Mrs. Cremern, Sun -court, Spitalfields, of some silver and a number of pawnbrokers' duplicates. The facts were fully proved, and the prisoners committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A miserable-looking old woman, named. Elizabeth White house, was charged with being drunk, and with having created a disturbance in the streets. A young man cf very respectable appearance came forward to give evidence against the woman. He said the woman at the bar was the mother of himself and three other sons, all of whom were establishing themselves in business, and each was likely to have his prospects severely injured by the disgrace ful propensity of their parent for gin. They jointly contri buted a weekly sum towards her maintenance, and they even had made arrangements with the parish officers for the further support of their mother. Such, however, was the woman's unconquerable propensity for liquor, that she would spend every farthing she could obtain at the gin-shop, and, though clothed respectably one day, she would appear the next in rags, from having parted with her decent garments to raise money for more gin. When in a state of intoxication she would make her appearance at one of her son's shops, and by her disgraceful situation and her conduct she would cause a mob, and thus create much injury to business. All her sons had, times without number, been subjected to this sort of scandalous annoyance, and it now had become neces sary to ask the Magistrate to indict some sort of punishment on their mother. It was useless sending her into the work house, as she had discharged herself twenty times from that refuge. Some more severe mode of restraint must now be adopted towards her. Mr. CHAMBERS said it was shocking to see a woman ad vanced in years, and a mother of a grown-up family, so dis grace herself. He knew of no course to pursue unless the sons sent her to some village, where no gin was sold, if such a place could be found in England. The old woman said she would not go near her sons again if she were released. The Magistrate was informed that she had made the same promise repeatedly, and no later than the previous day had been discharged from custody upon a similar plea. She was sent to prison in default of bail. QUEEN- SQUARE. In the course of business yesterday at this office, nine women of loose habits were charged with being found accost ing respectable persons in Hyde Park on Tuesday evening. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Partridge, an In spector of Police, that women of defendants' description had infested the park for a length of time, and that in consequence of complaints made to the Commissioners of Police of respect able females being frequently insulted and gentlemen an noyed, a party of men were ordered there on Wednesday evening, the result of which was the apprehension of the de fekdants, whose conduct was of the worst description. Mr. BURREI.L committed the defendants for different pe riods, from twenty days to one month each. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday .R. Springett Colman, a young man respectably connected, was brought up for re-examination, charged with issuing a fictitious bill of exchange for the sum of 901. 45., for the purpose of defrauding Messrs. Poolley and Co., corn factors, Kingston-upon-Thames. About the beginning of the year the prisoner gave an order for a quantity of corn, in payment of which he tendered a bill, purporting to be accepted by a person of the name of Wild man, chronometer-maker, residing in Lombard -street, and which was made payable at the bankers, Messrs Deacon, Wil liams, and Co. It was to run six weeks, and became due in April last. Application was of course made to the bankers, who detaied alt knowledge of the parties, and, on going to the house in Lombard-street, no ac,:eptor could be found. From that time till Monday last n? tidings were had of the prisoner, %hen Mr. Poolley having heard that he was then at the Whit more Arms, in the Whitmore-road, he was apprehended by Holland, N 146. The prisoner was again remanded, when he was bailed by two of his friends, and was ordered to be brought up on Mon day next. BLOWING UP OF WRE .KS IN THE THAMES. Yesterday the Lord Mayor received a letter. incising tha divers' report of their proceedings from Camel Pasley, of the Royal Engineers, by which it appears that the probable ex pense of the ren , wed operations in destroying the wrecks of the William and Glenmorgan will not exceed 1001. The fol lowing is an extract fro n the Colonel's letter :—" Althongh I was premature in having reported that the complete demoli. tion of the two wrecks in question hid been effected by the two first great explosions of the 28th of May and the sth of June last, owing to my having been misinformed ; yet as there is no doubt of the fact now, and as every means in my power have been taken to carry on the operations as economically as possible, I trust that the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen will excuse the unintential mistake made in my former re ports. They requested me to blow one wreck to pieces, and we have entirely destroyed two with the same quantity of gun powder that I had previously calculated upon as being necei. sary for the brig William, and which they approved b.fore we commenced our first operations." Mr. Robinson, the Chairman of the Thames Navigation arid Port of London Committee, and Captain Fisher, the pried pal harbour master, reported to the Lord Mayor that they had sounded over the places in which the wrecks had been situated, and perfectly confirmed the report of the entire destruction of those dangerous impediments, and his Lordship having ap proved their recommendation that the piecias of wreckage of the William should be weighed, the Chairman undertook to give directions for that purpose forthwith. The hole in which the aits intorgan latt ly lay is now, it ap pears, filled up with mud and sand. THE Divans' REPORT. —August 18.—Downs placed the charge of ponder under the Glennu . rgan and blew her up. 20th—Loudon went down and made fast to the wreck, and hove h art of the ship and chain plates up. Dawns went down in the eacning and made the chains fast to the wreck. The lighter could riot weigh it that night. 21st—Hove the ligLter down to the wreck, and it c ame to blow a strong wind from the SW. Got the vessel under weigh and brought up opposite the canal. 2'2 !—Oot the William and Elizabeth under weigh, down to the Glenmorgan, sipped the chains, and towed the lighter up to the canal ; blowing a strong wind from the S. W , 1 2',i1To , ,ced the lighter over to the brig William. The divers went down and examined the wreck. 2-4th—Downs went clown and placed the cylinder of Powder under the wreck. It did not explode. 25th—B„th divers went down to find the cylinder.. Downs made fast to it, and broke the rope in hoisting it up. Of 26th—Loudon hooked the pipe, and got the cylinder powder on board of the Wiliam and Elizabeth. 27th—Both went down and placed one charge of powdef under the brig's bow and blew it. Got part of the wreck ure, 2t3th—Dawns placed the cylinder of powder under the wreck. It did not explode. The Charlotte towed the lighto down to the Gletimergan. Loudon went down and took 16 part of the chains of the lighter. Hove tha remaining p art of. the chains up with five bats of iron fast to them. While tow' Ing the lighter up again, the Robert Burns steam-tug towed the ship Borussa foul of the Charlotte, and carried away the topmast and cress-trees. 29th—Both divers went down and placed two charges powder, both exploded, and hose the windlass and some eho' aril wreck up. 30th—Both divers placed two charges of powder under tee wreck; b .th exploded, made fast and hove up buoy, and chains. September Ist—Both divers went down and examine 4 tt° wreck, made fast to some timber and hove some up. e 3d—Both divers went down, made fast to the wreck, hove some up, and placed one sinker. the wreck, bth—Downs went down and placed one charge of powder, which exploded; got some wreck up. ad 6th—The William and Elizabeth tailed on shore; moor the Charlotte over the wreck ; but the tide made up s o fast that Loudon could not get down. 7th —Both went down and placed two charges of p owder under the wreck , an d bot h ex p loded. an d u On the Btll, 10th, and 11th—Both went down , a d two charges caCh day under the wreck ; both exp lod Each time. 12th.—atwns placed a charger under the Glenmorg ant which exploded. The skill and exertion of the divers, who work ed with go*/ energy under water, were highly applauded. POPULAR NEW NOVELS AND R OM ANZ 4 Es*": Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough - str eet, has just 1-'11.,."- lishcd the following interesting new works of fiction 0' Duty and Inclination, edited by Miss Landon, author es s " The Improviantrice," " Ethel Churchill," &c., 3 vols.- J 0 The Glanville Family, by a Lady of Rank. 3 vols.-3. T i f ?, Woman of the World, by the authoress of " The Diary 0 Desennuyee," 3 vols.-4. Shakspeare and his Friends; ' 7 . l ' The Golden Age of Merry England, an Historical Romall.ca.7 3 vols.-5. The Greenwich Pensioners, a companion to ir a Gleig's " Chelsea Pensioners," 3 vols. -6. Lights a t, Shadows of Irish Life, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, 3 VZ -1 19. --7 ',.9. 11 f ward bound ; or, A Merchant's Adventures, by the autu ci t i or o ° " Rattlin the Reefer," &c., 3 vols.-and, 8. Mr. T 1 1 , 71 2 ,10 Hook's Sayings and Doings, second series, the three in one, with two engravings, price only 61. bound • forralao the new volume of Colburn's Modern Standard Novelists. 00 A MAN CHOKED BY A POTATOE.---" Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of John Rourke' who died under the following peculiar circumstances. 11 1,1 p , ared from the evidence of his daughter that the deee a l ;•i was a widower, about 40 years of age. He resided w ith 00 son and daughter in Smithfield-court, Pownall-square• the preceding day the two children of the deceased inauche dinner of mutton and potatoes, and vvbsn he came home,,,t,he table was laid to enable him to partake of the same fare. .1.0 deceased at the time was in drink. He put a whole poo'dia into his mouth at once; his daughter asked hitt; why be His so, when all of a sudden he appeared to be choking . 00 ears and face became black, and a surgeon was sent t' r' t he his arrival the surgeon attempted to force the meat dovvf h e t throat of the deceased, but in doing so he died.-- v el% " Accidental Death."-Liverpool Chronicle. FALKIRK SECOND CATTLE TRYST.- -14°ndal i September 10, this market commenced; stock consistingban 25,000 sheep, this number being only about one-balfi ess the usual quantity. These were not in a good condition, I. Iting from the backward season, together with the poocaelle; pnarance of the turnip crop. This circumstance had the an d of rendering the market dull, and prices lower b y 2s• ots 2s. 6d. per head than those of last year. Several large r ice; at even these reduced prices have not found buye rs. ,Re s , for white-faced wedders ran from 20e. to 24 5. and 268. ; vrbesci 18s., 20s , and 225. Mr. John Paterson, from Caithnes s, upwards of 5,000 of these on sale, and were h eld to be best the market. He disposed of 2,000 of thes e we d% one half at 245., and the other at 265. ; 1,0 00 ewes at 2 ill and 1,000 at 225. He has 1,000 very superior Weldercii, unsold, because he would not sell under 284 . per head. iso to faced wedders were from 165. to 225., and ewes from 9 1 . 12s. 6d. The wedders of fine quality , sold at 20s. and 21' t ~, were purchased by the butchers. Levera l s mall lots of Vasa line fat bullocks brought 131. 10s. and 131. 15s. Other le t 7 rather inferior, brought from 4s. 9d. to ss. per stone. F a A Highland cows from 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d. Stock of this' kin d was readily taken away from the market. Aberdeen 011 7 Angus.shire stots, of which there was a large supply-a lot Cs i 60 four-year-olds, in very good condition, was purchase d riv -12/. Of horses we had a great market, but little doing; ~'"e ; ', few changed hands. Prices were declining. A fey/ s r, - and four-years-old draught horses were disposed . of a t ' o r- or 301. to 351. The general run of horses was from la to ti , a There were also several lots of finer Highland pon ie ,,l - far any that had appeared for a long period. Some lots sel",: bo d the Newcastle market, at from 41. to 101. The Htg t • dealers say they h a ve n o t e xp er ie nce d su ch a bad mark hat Falkirk for many years. The very limited sales m ade h tc ht been to the Engli s h d ea l e r s . Al mos t none of the Sc to , buyers and farmers have come forward, no doubt w ishint s . ascertain the growth of turnip and winter-keep before pure ing a stock.- Caledonian Mercury. FATAL AFFRAY.-We learn that an affray, re s tI o l o t ; ing in the death of one of the parties by the Bowie knif e ' t oo. place in the streets of Clarksville, Tennessee, on Monday A young gentleman, of the name of Bryan, Clarksville, encountering a man of the name of Hatisb°; ° , l3b he and a previous altercation having occurred the same "%lied demanded to know if he was armed. Hansborough ,sing it he had nothing but a horse-whip, at the same time r' fl ifits* in an offensive attitude, when Bryan immediately ga ve c r. s fatal stab with a Bowie knife. -Nashville Whig, Aug' cr. After all the laughter promoted by the ivtcr:e a merchaot,h„ against the possibility of finding coals in the Forest of v m s o r the company have had the pleasure of hitting upon a ae,„%ars the finest quality, of more than six feet thick, at mo st tivily small distance from the surface of the earth. 1 pl..,'„tion useful and hitherto expensive article of domestic consuulhani will now be sold at a low price in the town.- Chronicle. LADIES' SECOND-HAND GOLD '• o fferst GOLD NECK CHAIN, GOLD SEAL and KEY, rote: in case complete, for Fourteen Guineas. The Watch is loin," to perform correctly, jewelled, and with gold dial. Th, • cec ol , "; 1 yard long; Seal and Key of the best description• itt e- t hand Watches suitable for the purpose are obtained, the). a re its a" with Key, Seal, and Ring, and also with Gold Neck Ch ai rsoin e to form sets above described; and, consequently, a set, ' ln times several sets, are constantly for sale. T. COX SAVORY'S, JOT' Watchmak er , J ewe ll er , an d Sil versm ith, 47 , Cornhill , (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-stree r•-• ~. --------•-"!-- BIRTHS. nr iereP ° I On the 17th inst., at Ewell, the lady of Captain Ler ii r T . a daughter. ,1 S. On the 17th inst., at Clapham road-place, Mrs. Saw° Carlow, of a daughter, still-born. t froill ei On the 13th inst., at Chatham, the lady of Lie utena n t Royal Engineers, of a d a ughter. On the 13th inst., Mrs. Edward Lonsdale, of Tredegar-sciglir" Bow-road, of a daughter. ,1 of l ' ' l'• On the 17th inst., at Child's Hill, Hampstead, th e la-y oillt Platt, Esq , of a daughter. n the - On the 15th inst., at the Hermitage, Valton -°- - of Surrey, the lady of Ambrose W. Hall, Esq., of a sort , „ vo ter , On the 16th inst., in poet's-corner, Mrs. Ambrose a daughter. 4111. , f CO O On the 16th inst., in Upper - Harley street, the lani 0 Rivet Carnac, U.N., of a son. Y , flob er On the 16tit inst., in Upper Harle -street, the lady n' Alr f ' Glehn, Esq., 6 th io f a son. ,- On the 16nst., at Hamilton-terrace, St. John P Wend' Richard Winter, of a daughter, still-born. roe, MARRIED. Gor° ° - Pl' Joh ß On the 18th inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, - Esq., of Gray's-inn, to Sarah, daughter of the late beF Esq., cf ster On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squarc,oo, n ly Simpson, M.D., of Piccadilly, London, to Soph ia ' 8 is daughter of the late Stephen Simpson, Esq., of Lichfield. Fratlier4 On the 15th inst., at Great Saline, Essex, th e ge - v :ia. Garden ; M. A., of Trinity College, Cambriege, to Virgialiing-bill4, daughter of the late Captain W. 1-1. Dobbie, R. N• ()f S i ill ' l O , Ou the 15th inst., at Ha)ling Island, William : rh °r o n a l o sia son of Andrew Moffatt Mills, Esq. Esq., fourth riett, eldest daughter of the late Captain John Young. On the 15th inst., at Broadwater, Sussex, Cart a ' - , George Sparks, 49th Regiment, second son of the late to a t 'l l e Mitchell James Sparks, of the late Royal African Corr ! ' of " Louisa, widow of the late Brevet Ca y ptain James s a tt oe , 49th Regiment., bt _______ n!/% 0 the 166' At his residence, Whitehall, on Tuesday eve ning, Hon. Lord Carington. 1 f g l . ' On the 13th inst., at the house of her father, J. '" vv l re :l 17°I. Adcla Harriott, wife of T. H. Nembliard, : 001 11 eldest. son of James 111ontagu, j At Deventer, in the Netherlands, on the 13 n tl i il l ' 'itt , t her lands Minister at this Court, aged 17. his Excellency „hill. On the 15th inst., at Hackn 1 Mr. A. Knight, of „: tercs icet t (in the 15ih inst., 1 • eyt - of P a ' - ,at irighton, Ann Dodd, 0 Chelsea, only daughter of the late A'Court Dodd, Esq'' Carleton, Norfolk. 1, M i l Esq3.;.of,tlelede On the 16th inst., at Portland. terrace Wandsworth-o°a flt Wiggins, eldest daughter of the lat : John ' W . .'"ins r9( ' '' i r ,ts , l v rorth . House, Danbury, E ssex . Wa 5t3 On the Bith inst., Miss Atkinson, of Chatham -place , on ly • ` ) , On the 15th in s t., at Jeffry-terrace, Mr. John King' fitar o 7 of the late John Ring, FAtof Upper Charlotte-street, 1., ktf ell square, a 7 - ed 24. of toe On the 17th irst.. Thomas S an;er Leathes, Esq., common, anti of Dalehead Hall, CUmberland, aged mfi• rrit f q. ( ' ) On the 14th inst., at Brighton, the lady of John ta te go on a Commander of the Hon. East India Company ' l a Service. 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